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say it: NAH-nay-tiv
nonnative is an adjective meaning "not being or composed of aborigines". It is pronounced /ˈnɑˈneɪtɪv/ — NAH-nay-tiv. It carries 3 recorded senses.
of persons born in another area or country than that lived in
“our large nonnative population”
of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for nonnative come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.